While we entertain due respect and fellowship for what is good and doing good in all denominations of religion, and shun whatever would isolate us from a true sense of goodness in others, we cannot serve mammon.

Christian Scientists are really united to only that which is Christlike, but they are not indifferent to the welfare of any one.  To perpetuate a cold distance between our denomination and other sects, and close the door on church or individuals—­however much this is done to us—­is not Christian Science.  Go not into the way of the unchristly, but wheresoever you recognize a clear expression of God’s likeness, there abide in confidence and hope.

Our unity with churches of other denominations must rest on the spirit of Christ calling us together.  It cannot come from any other source.  Popularity, self-aggrandizement, aught that can darken in any degree our spirituality, must be set aside.  Only what feeds and fills the sentiment with unworldliness, can give peace and good will towards men.

All Christian churches have one bond of unity, one nucleus or point of convergence, one prayer,—­the Lord’s Prayer.  It is matter for rejoicing that we unite in love, and in this sacred petition with every praying assembly on earth,—­“Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.”

If the lives of Christian Scientists attest their fidelity to Truth, I predict that in the twentieth century every Christian church in our land, and a few in far-off lands, will approximate the understanding of Christian Science sufficiently to heal the sick in his name.  Christ will give to Christianity his new name, and Christendom will be classified as Christian Scientists.

When the doctrinal barriers between the churches are broken, and the bonds of peace are cemented by spiritual understanding and Love, there will be unity of spirit, and the healing power of Christ will prevail.  Then shall Zion have put on her most beautiful garments, and her waste places budded and blossomed as the rose.

CLIPPINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS

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[Daily Inter-Ocean, Chicago, December 31, 1894]

MARY BAKER EDDY

    COMPLETION OF THE FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST,
    BOSTON—­“OUR PRAYER IN STONE”—­DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST UNIQUE
    STRUCTURE IN ANY CITY—­A BEAUTIFUL TEMPLE AND ITS
    FURNISHINGS—­MRS. EDDY’S WORK AND HER INFLUENCE

Boston, Mass., December 28.—­Special Correspondence.—­The “great awakening” of the time of Jonathan Edwards has been paralleled during the last decade by a wave of idealism that has swept over the country, manifesting itself under several different aspects and under various names, but each having the common identity of spiritual demand.  This movement, under the guise of Christian Science,